Kenji Kasen

Kenji Kasen (1965-2001) was the Waka-Gashira of the Kasen Yakuza of New York City during the 1990s and early 2000s. The brother of Yakuza boss Asuka Kasen, he was murdered in 2001, starting a gang war between the Yakuza and the Vialpando Cartel.

Biography
Kenji Kasen was born in 1965 in Japan, the younger brother of Asuka Kasen and Kazuki Kasen. The family later moved to New York City in the United States, where they became the leaders of the Kasen Yakuza gang; his sister Asuka led the Yakuza, while Kazuki opened the Big Shot Casino. In 1998, Kazuki was assassinated, and Kenji took over his casino as his own base of operations. In 2001, he employed Claude Speed on various jobs, including helping a kanbu in escaping prison. However, he was later sent by real estate mogul Donald Love to make real estate cheaper in Manhattan by assassinating Kasen to provoke a gang war with the Colombian Vialpando Cartel, and Kasen was killed at his casino.